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What is the verb for scratch?

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scratch
  1. To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
  2. To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation.
    1. For a man, when kissing someone, to irritate the skin of that person with one's unshaven beard.
  3. To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
  4. To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
    1. Hence, to remove, ignore or delete.
  5. (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
  6. (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
  7. (billiards, dated, US) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
  8. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
  9. To dig or excavate with the claws.
  10. To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. cut, graze, scrape, rasp, lacerate, abrade, bark, skin, wound, chafe, damage, excoriate, flay, gash, gouge, groove, incise, mark, score, strip, etch, nick, prick, scarify, scrabble, rub raw, make a mark on, notch, carve, slash, snick, engrave, slit, tear, slice, injure, chip, cleave, rip, dent, puncture, lance, furrow, pierce, chisel, claw, hack, jag, imprint, perforate … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “He has to wear tights on his legs and long sleeves on his arms on a hot Missouri day so he doesn't scratch himself.”
      “I washed my car with the rough side of a Scotch-Brite scrub. I didn't realize it would scratch my car so badly!”
      “The bizarre walking brain was making a feeble attempt to scratch at him with its claws but with no effect on the heavy armor.”
scratches
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scratch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cuts, grazes, scrapes, rasps, lacerates, abrades, barks, skins, wounds, chafes, damages, excoriates, flays, gashes, gouges, grooves, incises, marks, scores, strips, etches, nicks, pricks, scarifies, scrabbles, rubs raw, makes a mark on, scuffs, peels, husks, hulls, shucks, shells, snicks, breaks the skin of, keys, engraves, scuffs up, scrawls on, scours, buffs, grates … more
scratched
  1. simple past tense and past participle of scratch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cut, grazed, scraped, rasped, lacerated, abraded, barked, skinned, wounded, wound, chafed, damaged, excoriated, flayed, gashed, gouged, grooved, incised, marked, scored, stripped, stript, etched, nicked, pricked, scarified, scrabbled, rubbed raw, made a mark on, scuffed, peeled, husked, hulled, shucked, shelled, snicked, scuffed up, engraved, keyed, scrawled on, broke the skin of, broken the skin of, scoured, buffed … more
scratching
  1. present participle of scratch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cutting, grazing, scraping, rasping, lacerating, abrading, barking, skinning, wounding, chafing, damaging, excoriating, flaying, gashing, gouging, grooving, incising, marking, scoring, stripping, etching, nicking, pricking, scarifying, scrabbling, rubbing raw, making a mark on, scuffing, peeling, husking, hulling, shucking, shelling, snicking, breaking the skin of, engraving, scuffing up, keying, scrawling on, scouring, buffing, grating … more
scratcheth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of scratch
scratchest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of scratch
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